"... claiming the new approach not only conquered her long-standing loathing of emptying the dishwasher (no small feat) ... " Funny because I felt the same way and then during a period of extensive travel, I rented out my house and moved into a small apartment with no dishwasher. Manually washing all of our dishes was a sobering wake-up call. During the pandemic, we moved back into the house and now I don't mind emptying the dishwasher at all. My point being, think about the alternative or lack thereof to the things you hate doing.